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Fans of Victorian pulp literature are in for a treat with Volume 5 of Penny Dreadful Multipacks.

The theme is True Crime with excerpts from the widely read Newgate Calendar, a rogue’s gallery of London criminals; an anonymous novella exploring the Spring Heeled Jack phenomenon; Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, one of the first ever vampire stories and a major influence on Bram Stoker’s Dracula; two Jack Harkaway adventures; a memoir of Le Fanu and THE HOOLIGAN NIGHTS, a riveting look at the world of crime in London’s East End. Also, an extensive Penny Dreadful image gallery showcases rare penny blood covers, illustrations and other miscellaneous images of interest to pulp fiction afficionados.